swinger

American  

[swing-er] / ˈswɪŋ ər /

noun

swingers plural

1. a person or thing that swings.

2. Slang. a lively, active, and modern person whose activities are fashionable or trendy.

3. Slang.

   1. a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.

   2. a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.

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swinger British  

/ ˈswɪŋə /

noun

1. a person regarded as being modern and lively

2. a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• swingers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of swinger

First recorded in 1535–45 swinger for def. 1; 1955–60 swinger for def. 2; swing ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

My parents arrived in Oregon in 1979, bought a used Dodge Dart Swinger and immediately began hiking around the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021

Mr. Greenberg said he was often asked if Grant Swinger was based on a real person.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

For decades, Greenberg delighted many readers with his interviews of Dr. Grant Swinger, a fictional character he created when at Science.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 23, 2020

His autobiography, The Ghetto Swinger: A Berlin Jazz-Legend Remembers, was first published in 1997 and became a bestseller.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2018

Mrs. Swinger was a stout, masculine woman, brought up in the woods, and never fainted in her life, even in presence of an alligator or a panther.

From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Ashton, Warren T.